Olympics 2016: What Was Your Favorite Moment From the Rio Games' Day 12?

Kenyan runner Conseslus Kipruto hadn’t even crossed the finish line at Wednesday’s 3,000-meter steeplechase — that’s the Summer Olympics event where you have to jump over a whole bunch of hurdles as you complete the distance, and as if that weren’t tough enough, sometimes you have to hop a small pool of water, too — before he began celebrating his gold medal.

Arms spread wide, Kipruto looked over to the applauding crowd and smiled widely as he cruised toward the race’s end, a move that could’ve cost him dearly… if American Evan Jager had been able to summon a last-minute kick to propel him into first. But as it turned out, Kipruto held the lead until the end, earning himself an Olympic record time of 8:03:28. The man-bun-sporting Jager (working considerably harder) crossed the line in 8:04:28, giving him a silver medal; Mekhissi Mahiedine of France later was awarded the bronze after Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya — who finished third in 8:08:47 — was disqualified for a violation.